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That's because Galveston is more than 26 acres. Joel Send a noteboard - 25/07/2011 09:39:06 PM
I guess I just dont get the Norwegian/European way of doing things like cops and guns and every little town and island having their own police force. Here in Ct where I live now, there are state troopers for the whole state and every town has its own police force. The better comparison would be a bombing in Rhode Island and a shooting on Block Island, but Block Island would take care of their own situation not wait for police from the main land to show up. But his isnt really worth discussing any further, whats done is done, nothing will bring back the victims that were killed. But maybe the protocol for future disasters (god forbid) will be different.

Helicopter fly overs close enough that swimmers could easily be seen also easily fit the entire island in frame; I think (hope) we can agree that maintaining a separate police force for it would be a waste of taxpayer money (not to mention the fact that the island is privately owned, having been donated to the labor party decades ago by its previous union owners) and require permanent residents that don't seem to exist. The comparison was the distance and consequent travel time, not the size of the respective locations themselves. The protocol on that's not going to change, and any attempt to do so would be absurd. If you're having difficulty understanding the circumstances my suggestion is that you educate yourself on them, preferably before rather than after making sweeping declarations about them.
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Large explosion in Oslo and nearby shootings - 22/07/2011 03:52:56 PM 2024 Views
A bit too convenient for an accident, I'd say. - 22/07/2011 03:54:38 PM 748 Views
I agree - 22/07/2011 03:59:16 PM 747 Views
Why do you care about making a claim? You're not a reporter. - 22/07/2011 04:53:06 PM 757 Views
Because I was making the post to tell people what was happening - 22/07/2011 05:26:11 PM 734 Views
He IS reporting - 22/07/2011 11:46:30 PM 659 Views
Let's not get ridiculous. - 23/07/2011 02:10:26 AM 735 Views
Police in Oslo have confirmed it was a bomb. *NM* - 22/07/2011 04:15:04 PM 644 Views
Not good - two reported dead so far - 22/07/2011 04:23:03 PM 739 Views
Re: Not good - two reported dead so far - 22/07/2011 04:26:15 PM 709 Views
I've long assumed this was the case. - 22/07/2011 04:28:40 PM 679 Views
Ah, I has suspected so - 22/07/2011 04:32:14 PM 631 Views
I thought everyone loved Norway! - 22/07/2011 04:26:25 PM 726 Views
'cept Whales - 22/07/2011 04:31:01 PM 734 Views
Hey, I wouldn't put something like this past Green Peace. - 22/07/2011 04:37:40 PM 676 Views
I would. *NM* - 22/07/2011 06:52:38 PM 655 Views
Your faith is greater than mine then. - 22/07/2011 10:26:54 PM 675 Views
Sounds like you're confusing Greenpeace with PETA. *NM* - 22/07/2011 10:53:18 PM 658 Views
Earth First is more likely. - 22/07/2011 11:14:33 PM 749 Views
And 8-11th century Irish and Brits - 22/07/2011 05:20:07 PM 696 Views
This ain't cool. *NM* - 22/07/2011 04:55:21 PM 695 Views
It is terrible. - 22/07/2011 05:13:24 PM 652 Views
There are allegedly also people firing at the youth camp of the Labour party at an island - 22/07/2011 05:26:29 PM 747 Views
Are Labour the ruling party? - 22/07/2011 05:28:51 PM 685 Views
Yes. One of three. - 22/07/2011 05:33:42 PM 767 Views
That's horrible. - 22/07/2011 05:42:07 PM 683 Views
I hope the perpetrators are made to suffer - 22/07/2011 05:53:38 PM 704 Views
7 confirmed dead, 2 severly injured, several with minor injuries. - 22/07/2011 06:45:32 PM 709 Views
and at least 9 additional dead on Utøya... *NM* - 22/07/2011 09:23:25 PM 660 Views
Utøya was just.... terrible. - 22/07/2011 09:58:18 PM 690 Views
Norwegian papers article, in English: - 22/07/2011 10:51:32 PM 853 Views
so "Youth camp" doesnt mean little kids right? - 22/07/2011 11:05:42 PM 690 Views
I gather 14-18 years old *NM* - 22/07/2011 11:07:37 PM 625 Views
wow.... *NM* - 22/07/2011 11:11:34 PM 641 Views
HS kids, from what I can gather. - 22/07/2011 11:45:30 PM 722 Views
The person arrested is Anders Behring Breivik - 23/07/2011 01:14:58 AM 685 Views
At least 80 dead so far. - 23/07/2011 03:09:38 AM 812 Views
Oh I feel sick - 23/07/2011 03:55:04 AM 776 Views
Yes. *NM* - 23/07/2011 07:25:46 AM 668 Views
Wow, that's horrible *NM* - 23/07/2011 05:55:11 AM 681 Views
“It seems kind of unreal, especially in Norway. This is not something that could happen here.” - 23/07/2011 10:23:48 AM 702 Views
Yeah, but it is quite shocking in such a normally placid country. - 23/07/2011 04:04:04 PM 773 Views
Norwegians cops dont carry guns? - 23/07/2011 08:05:07 PM 683 Views
Re: Norwegians cops dont carry guns? - 23/07/2011 09:01:28 PM 722 Views
It's Europe; guns are a lot more heavily regulated. - 23/07/2011 09:32:15 PM 711 Views
Holy crap - 23/07/2011 11:06:32 AM 701 Views
Sounds like an anarchist, i.e., left-wing nut..... *NM* - 23/07/2011 03:10:55 PM 638 Views
Try Christian fundamentalist - 23/07/2011 04:12:55 PM 680 Views
Eerm, yeah...What Joel said - 23/07/2011 04:40:21 PM 740 Views
There's very few facts for anyone to be working with - 23/07/2011 05:52:26 PM 659 Views
Just having switched off the latest news... - 23/07/2011 06:21:09 PM 657 Views
Re: Just having switched off the latest news... - 23/07/2011 09:01:36 PM 601 Views
Why can't we just call him a wing-nut and agree? - 23/07/2011 07:27:33 PM 792 Views
why cant we call him a terrorist? - 23/07/2011 08:01:33 PM 676 Views
Because terrorist attacks only happens to the US. - 23/07/2011 08:21:05 PM 661 Views
Poes Law, man, Poes Law. - 23/07/2011 10:02:45 PM 639 Views
I'm fine with that; the media here's certainly calling him a terrorist. - 23/07/2011 09:59:15 PM 642 Views
i noticed the Norwegians are calling it a terror attack - 24/07/2011 03:17:53 AM 670 Views
Christian media bias, eh? - 24/07/2011 03:48:22 AM 663 Views
Sorry, new laptop. - 23/07/2011 09:59:15 PM 603 Views
oh, please. *NM* - 23/07/2011 09:09:40 PM 613 Views
My thoughts echo yours. - 23/07/2011 03:54:22 PM 662 Views
The people of Norway are in everyones thoughts and prayers. *NM* - 23/07/2011 12:51:38 PM 710 Views
This is awful, *NM* - 23/07/2011 03:43:37 PM 659 Views
Absolutely tragic. Sick sick person. *NM* - 23/07/2011 03:58:15 PM 592 Views
A victim's account - 23/07/2011 05:40:01 PM 764 Views
By the way - too bad Norway doesn't have the death penalty.....very justified in this case. *NM* - 23/07/2011 08:44:32 PM 603 Views
Very much true - 23/07/2011 09:31:14 PM 656 Views
Actually, it's more like "too bad the maximum Norwegian prison sentence is 21 years". - 23/07/2011 09:33:52 PM 728 Views
21 years? Wow, what a stupid system..... *NM* - 23/07/2011 09:41:18 PM 639 Views
Re: Actually, it's more like "too bad the maximum Norwegian prison sentence is 21 years". - 23/07/2011 09:43:12 PM 778 Views
Anything less than execution is wrong..... - 23/07/2011 09:52:07 PM 699 Views
By the Grace of God, that's not your call to make. - 23/07/2011 10:06:05 PM 672 Views
92 murders = execution - 23/07/2011 10:09:33 PM 698 Views
I don't think that the Norwegian criminal system is based on that ideal. - 24/07/2011 03:03:42 PM 596 Views
Which almost without exception makes a lot more sense. - 23/07/2011 10:04:48 PM 677 Views
I have a feeling - 24/07/2011 04:08:34 AM 676 Views
Not at all. Luckily, we don't have death penalty - 24/07/2011 09:16:28 AM 725 Views
Right wing terrorism always confused me. - 24/07/2011 04:44:34 AM 716 Views
I don't understand how anyone can be a fascist. *NM* - 24/07/2011 07:15:16 AM 623 Views
I don't understand how any Italian can not be. *NM* - 24/07/2011 01:51:34 PM 691 Views
Cause fascism didn't do much good for Italy? *NM* - 24/07/2011 05:06:34 PM 617 Views
Bahaha yeah except 20 years of peace, prosperity and effective government. - 25/07/2011 12:06:35 AM 652 Views
It's important to distinguish between Roman and modern fascism. - 25/07/2011 03:48:24 AM 703 Views
The problem with that is simple. - 25/07/2011 02:15:38 PM 613 Views
I can't speak to Italian civil liberties under Mussolini, but the little I've heard contradicts you. - 25/07/2011 04:27:54 PM 639 Views
Wikipedia, really? - 25/07/2011 05:07:28 PM 688 Views
Merely for convenience; the things I linked (e.g. blackshirt murder campaigns) are common knowledge. - 25/07/2011 07:00:22 PM 601 Views
Actually yes, he does. - 26/07/2011 03:23:20 AM 629 Views
Actually, I know quite a bit about fascism in Italy - 25/07/2011 08:29:04 AM 745 Views
If you did... - 25/07/2011 02:05:31 PM 537 Views
You're full of it... and apparently you don't know it. *NM* - 25/07/2011 06:40:14 PM 624 Views
Again, use facts... - 26/07/2011 03:24:02 AM 714 Views
I'm too amused by your unfounded accusations of ignorance - 26/07/2011 06:13:42 AM 589 Views
I don't debate with the ignorant. - 26/07/2011 01:43:07 PM 624 Views
My guess is they're viewed as "collaborators". - 24/07/2011 12:05:00 PM 668 Views
Even so. - 24/07/2011 01:55:08 PM 665 Views
Yeah, I can't really explain it; it's insane behavior. - 24/07/2011 04:57:27 PM 645 Views
/ignoring the ridiculous fascism stuff... on the subject of killing your own - 25/07/2011 04:36:01 PM 683 Views
Regardless. - 25/07/2011 05:17:36 PM 648 Views
That's tempting, saying he isn't a "real" or "true" nationalist. - 25/07/2011 09:20:38 PM 719 Views
Well I just don't comptrehend how he could be a "true" or "real" nationalist... - 26/07/2011 03:25:35 AM 666 Views
That's clearly not true - 26/07/2011 10:35:05 AM 620 Views
I'm pretty sure it's against nationalism as anyone defines it. - 26/07/2011 01:43:56 PM 689 Views
See? - 26/07/2011 02:05:09 PM 605 Views
Right, but... - 26/07/2011 10:47:29 PM 694 Views
Yes he is on the far right - 26/07/2011 10:54:06 PM 657 Views
I'm hardly a fanatic. - 27/07/2011 12:23:09 AM 526 Views
You do come across that way here. - 27/07/2011 11:05:26 AM 653 Views
Maybe to you, then again if you want to talk about how people come across on the internet... - 27/07/2011 10:05:39 PM 691 Views
That makes sense - 27/07/2011 11:27:29 PM 635 Views
How would a Nazi killing ONLY aryans be a Nazi? - 28/07/2011 06:27:03 AM 688 Views
Remember how the Nazis killled socialists and other people who disagreed with them? That is how. *NM* - 28/07/2011 07:40:24 AM 600 Views
and don't forget it was how the far left killed the people they did like as well - 28/07/2011 11:47:26 AM 625 Views
Sorry but when was the USSR nationalistic? - 28/07/2011 12:40:46 PM 616 Views
Great Patriotic War ring a bell? - 28/07/2011 06:04:02 PM 624 Views
And how was that nationalistic? - 28/07/2011 08:05:01 PM 614 Views
Can you read? - 28/07/2011 06:02:13 PM 649 Views
The rather famous Night of the Long Knives not ring a bell? - 28/07/2011 10:34:47 AM 605 Views
Again, I said a Nazi who kills ONLY aryans. - 28/07/2011 06:03:00 PM 672 Views
I have no idea why I want to jump into this but I would just point out two things - 28/07/2011 12:46:56 AM 671 Views
Okay that's fair. - 28/07/2011 06:28:57 AM 676 Views
So horrible. *NM* - 24/07/2011 06:24:28 AM 634 Views
Apparently, he plagiarised tehe UNA-bomber in his manifesto - 24/07/2011 02:52:36 PM 675 Views
Wow, that's impressive, in all the worst senses of the word. - 24/07/2011 05:05:24 PM 614 Views
Having read his manifesto and watched his youtube video... - 25/07/2011 01:50:07 AM 637 Views
Oh, so killing people who are NOT HIS OWN would have been ok? *NM* - 25/07/2011 10:38:50 AM 592 Views
Would have been understandable. - 25/07/2011 02:03:31 PM 655 Views
Much as it pains me to say, most of his victims were almost certainly not Christian. - 25/07/2011 07:04:21 PM 663 Views
Again. - 26/07/2011 03:26:51 AM 624 Views
I'm amazed that one person could cause this level of death. - 25/07/2011 05:35:33 AM 658 Views
I too was surprised - 25/07/2011 05:45:10 AM 631 Views
I'm told it takes most of an hour just to DRIVE from Oslo to Utøya. - 25/07/2011 07:14:16 PM 637 Views
galveston wouldnt need police from houston, they have police on the island. - 25/07/2011 09:22:40 PM 636 Views
That's because Galveston is more than 26 acres. - 25/07/2011 09:39:06 PM 694 Views
See below: - 26/07/2011 02:03:27 AM 637 Views
I really wish they would stop mentioning he was a fan of True Blood *NM* - 25/07/2011 05:47:16 AM 581 Views
In the middle of all this, why is that important to you? *NM* - 25/07/2011 09:04:54 AM 671 Views
its important to me to know why its important enough to mention - 25/07/2011 09:15:11 PM 614 Views
And ego shooter games, as if they were the final trigger *NM* - 25/07/2011 10:40:33 AM 595 Views
And the fact that he was a Eurovision fan - 25/07/2011 11:23:48 AM 640 Views
are political party sponsored youth camps common in Europe? - 25/07/2011 07:13:00 PM 671 Views
It is the labour youth organisation's summer camp - 25/07/2011 09:11:57 PM 654 Views
sorry but that just seems very odd to me - 25/07/2011 10:08:07 PM 629 Views
Re: sorry but that just seems very odd to me - 25/07/2011 10:20:27 PM 651 Views
that would make a big difference - 25/07/2011 10:32:52 PM 643 Views
I think most such organizations have a somewhat older membership - 16-25 or so. - 25/07/2011 10:30:04 PM 630 Views
having children who are passed their teens I still considered teenagers kids - 25/07/2011 10:57:50 PM 626 Views
Yeah, I guess that'd depend on your perspective. - 25/07/2011 11:17:17 PM 627 Views
Re:I know that - 27/07/2011 03:39:47 AM 689 Views
Re: Re:I know that - 27/07/2011 09:04:24 AM 651 Views
Re: He took lives. - 28/07/2011 12:23:43 AM 511 Views
are we really so bored and entrenched that we are debating the motives of a mad man? *NM* - 26/07/2011 02:13:38 PM 621 Views
Quite. *NM* - 26/07/2011 06:03:30 PM 601 Views